Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout with the CE-CERT Model

Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout with the CE-CERT Model

Instructor: Jenny Stanuch, MSW, LCSW

Event Information

• This event is will offer CEU credits totaling 1.5 hours for LPCs, LCSWs, LMFTs
• If you are a Psychotherapy Saint Louis member this training is free; please be sure you are logged in when registering.

Event Description: Clinical mental health practice carries risk of secondary traumatic stress and burnout for therapists. In this session we’ll discuss warning signs and managing impact using the evidence-informed model, Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). Developed by Dr. Brian Miller, CE-CERT focuses on five components clinicians can use to support their own emotional well-being while addressing difficult content during therapy sessions. Unlike other self-care strategies, CE-CERT is designed to be used in real-time, allowing clinicians to develop and implement concrete skills within their therapeutic practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify at least three signs of secondary traumatic stress and burnout.
2. Participants will be able to describe the impacts of STS and burnout on professional work.
3. Participants will learn the 5 components of the CE-CERT model as well as skill applications for each component.
4. Participants will identify potential next steps for incorporating CE-CERT into their practice.

Instructor Bio: Jenny Stanuch, MSW, LCSW, is a therapist and owner of Enliven Therapy LLC. She is especially passionate about promoting growth and resilience among therapists and helping professionals as a way to minimize the impacts of secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and moral injury. She also works at Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis as a clinical manager where she supports the clinical team, manages grants, is a trainer in evidence- based practices, and provides individual and group trauma treatment. Jenny teaches family practice courses as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, School of Social Work. She previously worked in homes providing family therapy, in community mental health with adults experiencing severe mental illness, and in a university counseling center.